13 Sights in Monza, Italy (with Map and Images)
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List of cities in Italy Sightseeing Tours in Monza1. Cappella Espiatoria
The Expiatory Chapel in Monza is a monument-chapel built to atone and commemorate the site at which the king Humbert I was murdered on July 29, 1900, by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci. It stands near the entrance to the Royal Villa of Monza on Viale Regina Margherita and Via Matteo da Campione. Humbert's son Vittorio Emanuele III commissioned the aged architect Giuseppe Sacconi, and the work was completed by his pupil Guido Cirilli, and completed in 1910. Obelisk-like crosses emerge from a stone chapel, and are surmounted by bronze crown and royal symbols of the House of Savoy. The entrance is surmounted by a Pieta by the sculptor Lodovico Pogliaghi.
2. Cappella di Teodolinda
The chapel of Teodolinda, also known as the Zavattari chapel, is located in the Cathedral of Monza, to the left of the central apse. There is preserved, in a special reliquary in the altar, the Iron Crown, and the tomb of the Lombard queen herself. The walls of the chapel are decorated with a cycle of frescoes executed in the fifteenth century by the Zavattari, a family of painters with a workshop in Milan, which is the greatest example of a pictorial cycle of the late Lombard Gothic era.
3. Chiesa di San Gregorio
The church of San Gregorio is a religious building in the city of Monza, the last testimony of the homonymous and ancient city cemetery, in operation until 1930. It is located in an area outside the historic city core, with respect to which it is located to the south-east, in a bend of the Lambro river. The building is located today not far from the station of Monza (1840) and near the old stadium in Via Davide Guarenti (1945-1946), built right on part of the old area of the cemetery.
4. Monza Cathedral
The Duomo of Monza, often known in English as Monza Cathedral, is the main religious building of Monza, Italy. Unlike most duomos, it is not in fact a cathedral, as Monza has always been part of the Diocese of Milan, but is in the charge of an archpriest who has the right to certain episcopal vestments including the mitre and the ring. The church is also known as the Basilica of San Giovanni Battista from its dedication to John the Baptist.
5. Villa Castello del Torneamento
The Villa Torneamento is a historical building in Monza, northern Italy, in the Taccona Street, in the northern suburbs of the city, in the district of San Fruttuoso. It is 400 metres (1,300 ft) from the residential district of Triante. Known as The Castle by residents, it is used by the Daughters of Divine Zeal for a nursery school and primary school called Padre Annibale di Francia.
6. Parco Villoresi - Monza
Villoresi Park is a large park in Monza, northern Italy. Measuring 3.5 hectares, it was inaugurated in July 2010 by the Mayor Marco Maria Mariani. For the area of Brianza this is the second green area after Park of Monza, and was built in the district of San Fruttuoso, near the fishing lake of the same name via Boscherona flowing channel, Canale Villoresi.
7. Chiesa di Sancto Gerhardo
The church of Sancto Gerhardo is a religious building in Monza annexed to the old Umberto I Hospital of San Gerardo. The parish church, designed together with the hospital itself by the architect Ercole Balossi-Merlo, was built in 1894 and inaugurated in 1896. It is dedicated to San Gerardo, known as dei Tintori, co-patron saint of Monza.
8. Chiesa di Santa Maria al Carrobiolo
The church of Santa Maria al Carrobiolo is located in Monza, in Piazza Carrobiolo 8. It was built in the sixteenth century as a church annexed to the adjacent convent of the Barnabites still existing, and preserves inside remarkable works of the Mannerist era and a valuable fresco decoration in Baroque style.
9. Chiesa di Sant'Anastasia
The church of Sant'Anastasia is the main place of Catholic worship of Villasanta, in the province of Monza and Brianza, seat of the homonymous parish of the archdiocese of Milan, part of the deanery of Monza, which follows the Roman rite, in the pastoral area V of Monza.
10. Monumento a Giuseppe Garibaldi
The bronze monument, dedicated to Giuseppe Garibaldi is located in the center of the Royal Groves. This monument was created to replace the original marble that boasts the distinction of being the first Italian monument to Garibaldi.
11. Arengario
The Arengario is a historic building in Monza, northern Italy. It was built in the 13th century and is named after its original function as the town's "arengario". It is located in the most central square of Monza, Piazza Roma.
12. Chiesa di San Giuseppe
The church of San Giuseppe is a place of Catholic worship located in Monza, in the homonymous district, in via Guerrazzi 30. It has a pluribus, that is, a floor under the Church, the Church and a large courtyard.
13. Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena e Santa Teresa
The church of Santa Maria Maddalena and Santa Teresa d'Avila, also known as the church of the Sacramentine, is located in the center of the city of Monza, in via Italia on the corner with via Santa Maddalena.
Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena e Santa Teresa (IT)
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